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10 Strategies to Strengthen Instruction and Learning

A Principal's Reflections

These consisted of sound classroom management, listing the learning objectives, and developing a lesson plan. I still can’t believe how much time and focus there was on how to manage a classroom effectively. When I think back to my training to become a teacher, there were some reasonably consistent norms.

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How Mentorship Has Kept Me in the Classroom

ED Surge

Some of these bonds have grown into deep friendships, and others have turned into formal or informal mentorships. I entered the classroom through an alternative certification program , which meant I hadn’t received the same level of preparation as teachers who came through traditional teacher training routes.

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8 Strategies Your Teaching More Enjoyable This Year

TeachThought

It depends on factors, including building and climate, mindset, relationships with parents, student engagement, and classroom management, the function of various standards in your teaching and curriculum, the quality of the PLCs—if they are used in your building—and so on. Of course, this varies greatly from teacher to teacher.

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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

Beyond her work with students, Rhue is also committed to collaborating with their teachers, helping, for example, to impart her own knowledge of media and information literacy so they can pass it along to learners in their care. And I mean, I'm lesson planning, I'm unit planning. We're information specialists.

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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

The attacks on 9/11 affected millions of people, and informed much of the public policy in action today but for these children, that event is history. Beyond simply identifying primary sources, they must also learn to engage with them thoughtfully, synthesize information with their prior knowledge, and draw evidence-based conclusions.

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8 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2024

Cult of Pedagogy

MagicSchool offers more than 50 different AI-assisted tools to help speed up so many of the teaching tasks that take so much time: lesson planning, assessment building, feedback, communication with parents, even an IEP generator. The Tools 1. MagicSchool magicschool.ai Diffit web.diffit.me Need a text on a particular topic?

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What should new teachers know before they set foot in a classroom?

The Hechinger Report

They listed among their younger colleagues’ strengths: lesson planning, the ability to adjust their teaching to the needs of students, and preparedness to address the academic needs of struggling students. We do classroom management really differently than how it’s carried out in the schools,” Pensavalle said.